Does the iPhone play animated GIFs?

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Does the iPhone play animated GIFs?

Hi,

Does the iPhone play animated GIFs? Sorry for asking such a basic question but I can't seem to find the answer on the web or within this forum.

Also how do you implement it into your code? Do you need to use a UIWebView or can you just declare it like a regular png or jpg (e.g. UIImage *image = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"photo.gif"])

Thanks for any help.

Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 18, 2008 3:57 AM

Answer 1

Aug 18, 2008 8:06 AM in response to Ascon

I've tried using animated gifs in a webview and imageview. Neither seemed to work. The webview seemed like it would animate a frame or two but never the whole animation correctly, or looped.

Answer 2

Ascon Author

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Aug 18, 2008 8:55 AM in response to SexyAndOhSoWitty

Thanks for your reply. I have one last thought before I give up on animated gifs - is it possible to run animated gifs within the OpenGL ES view?

Answer 3

Sep 17, 2008 8:42 PM in response to Ascon

did you find your solution? How to play gifs?

Answer 4

Oct 8, 2008 2:44 AM in response to Ascon

you can play gif in webView ,just the same way you load a jpeg or png..

NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"santa" ofType:@"gif"];

NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path isDirectory:NO];
/* Load the request. */
[myWebView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url]];

the gif that is locally saved will be loaded.